Chapter 120: The Royal Birthday Banquet

The sixth day of the ninth month

Appropriate: marriage, engagement, lottery, prayer, meeting relatives and friends, etc., taboo: travel, etc

Yu Zhiqian listened to Shen Wansan talking about the yellow calendar, and touched his chin with some curiosity, there are many things to do today, it is a good day, there are few things to taboo, but it is very fatal, you can't travel, how can you get married, make an alliance, pray for blessings, and meet relatives and friends? At home?

"Your Highness, the gifts are ready, and you're ready to go!"

"Got it, you must be careful along the way, and there can't be any mistakes!"

"Whoa!"

On the carriage in front of the East Palace, there was a gift prepared by Yu Zhiqian for his mother, a large mirror, which was also the first full-length mirror in the world.

The emperor gave Yu Zhiqian 1,000 taels to repair the East Palace, Yu Zhiqian rewarded 500 taels, and the rest of the 500 taels were spent on this mirror, first brushed a layer of silver paint on the back, and added a base, and added some decorations around it, the top is a phoenix spreading its wings and flying high, and finally this mirror is now adding various decorations such as the base, which is about two meters high.

"Be careful, slow down, be careful about the people who open the road, don't let people approach the vehicle, the driver should pay attention to the following, and slow down when the road is uneven!"

"Whoa!"

Yu Zhiqian rode ruthlessly, following the carriage, very careful along the way, although the carriage was filled with straw, and the mirror was fixed in a wooden box, but Yu Zhiqian was still not at ease, he was afraid that the mirror would be broken, so he had to be careful, careful, and careful!

In the Wei Palace, Yu Tai carefully checked his dress and looked at Lai Junchen.

"Your Highness, it has been sorted out, there are no problems!"

Yu Tai waved his sleeves: "No problem with you, do you know what gifts the prince has prepared?" ”

Lai Junchen thought for a while, and just wanted to answer, Qin Hui preemptively said: "Your Highness, the old slave has already sent someone to inquire, the entire Chang'an City sells rare treasures, and there has not been much shipment recently, and those suitable for giving gifts to the queen have not sold anything more valuable than your blood coral, your blood coral, will definitely be able to shine the audience and get the favor of the queen!" ”

Yu Tai nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and then sighed again: "It's okay to please the queen's mother, he is the prince's biological mother, hum, but this king only needs to let his father know that his son is the most filial!" ”

"Although the queen mother is the biological mother of the prince, but the prince is not as filial as His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness used 10,000 taels to buy blood coral, which is really precious, the old slave heard that when His Majesty gave gifts to the Queen Mother, it was just a ......"

"Palm!"

"The old slave should be damned!"

Qin Hui, who wanted to pat himself on the back, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately slapped himself a few times.

Yu Tai once again looked at the bronze mirror with satisfaction, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong with him, he walked out satisfied, and his subordinates had already prepared the blood coral, carefully put it in the carriage, and rushed towards the palace.

The palace can be said to be full of lights today, the queen's birthday, and it is also the forty-year-old birthday, the emperor is very attentive, different from the previous birthday banquet, only invite the prince and some concubines in the harem, today in the Yongshou Palace banquet, nobles, the family members of the ministers of the court are invited to come.

After Empress Liu was established in the first year of Yu Ye's boarding, whether in the court or among the people, she never interfered in court politics, and her brothers did not hold high positions, nor did they have relatives to worry about, and they had been in love with the emperor for many years, and there were no rumors of disagreement between the two.

And the ministers who are familiar with the emperor know that although the emperor has canonized many concubines over the years, but Empress Liu is the emperor's favorite person, Empress Liu is not willing to be in the government, but everyone knows how much influence he has on the emperor, the prince and even the emperor took the initiative to abolish after the court meeting, the emperor did not blame, the position is still as stable as Mount Tai, a large part of the reason is because the prince is from Empress Liu......

"Congratulations to the queen ......"

"I wish the queen ......"

When the ministers enter the palace, they will congratulate and give their own gifts, most of which are some valuable objects, according to different grades, send gifts of different grades, the left side of the entire Yongshou Hall is jeweled, and valuables are piled up.

"The son wishes the queen mother a blessing like the East China Sea ......"

Yu Tai respectfully saluted the queen, he did not have any hatred for the queen Yu Tai, nor did he have any hostility, he knew very well that if the queen wanted to intervene between the princes and princes, he would have been driven back to the fiefdom long ago, how could he still stay in Chang'an.

"A little care, a blood coral ......"

Yu Tai's guards brought up the blood coral that had been packed, and in an instant, the eyes of the entire hall were attracted, and many people even exclaimed.

This blood coral is red all over, roughly more than half a meter high, more than two meters wide, and what is even more amazing is that this blood coral is like a longevity character from the front, which can be said to be very suitable for the situation.

Empress Liu looked at the blood coral in front of her with a smile: "King Wei has a heart!" ”

The emperor looked at this blood coral suspiciously, he had heard people say before, it seems that the prince is looking for someone to buy a blood coral, preparing to be the queen's birthday gift, why did the second child also come to one, but looking at this gift, the second child is indeed a blood capital, and Queen Liu is indeed happy, and she nodded slightly and said: "The second child has a heart, give me a seat!" ”

"Father Xie, Queen Mother!"

After the second child turned around, he immediately raised his neck very high and glanced at the rest of the audience, this time he will definitely be the brightest boy on the whole birthday!

"Second Highness really has a heart, such a big blood coral, at least seven or eight thousand taels!"

"Maybe it's ten thousand taels, it's mainly because of this level of rare treasures, it's really hard to find!"

“……”

Yu Tai heard the whispered discussion of the minister's family members behind him, and he was even more happy in his heart, look, look, I really did the right thing this time, and my Yu Tai is important to be able to win my eldest brother once!

Thinking of this, Yu Tai's whole person became excited, he had been losing to his eldest brother since he was born, a few months late, and then ...... Yu Tai himself can't remember the last time he won against his eldest brother, and this time he can finally turn over!

"Sons and daughters congratulate the queen mother on ......"

The fourth child came and sent a birthday greeting, which was also very appropriate, Yu Tai didn't take it to heart after taking a look, his brothers, except for the eldest brother, the rest are all scumbags!

The fifth child sent a painting, a long picture scroll, roughly the fairy to send blessings, but also very suitable for the occasion, and it is also painted by his own hands, although filial piety has, but not amazing enough, the second just glanced at it, and continued to hold his head high, continue to be a proud teenager!

The sixth child gave a pair of jade, which is an old object......

"Another scum!"

The second brother said silently in his heart, and from time to time he stretched out his head to look at the position at the entrance of the main hall, wanting to find Yu Zhiqian's figure, now the eldest brother may be worrying about his gift, right? I don't know what gift the eldest brother will choose in the end, will he be like a thunderbolt?

Big brother is good at everything, but he is too picky, if he had bought the blood coral earlier, he might not have a chance to turn the tables, hehehe......

"The son wishes the queen mother good health and ......"

Lao Qi came, only to see Lao Qi brought a coat made of pure white tiger skin, Lao Qi looked at his mother with a smile: "Queen Mother, Erchen heard that the Queen Mother will feel cold every winter, so he specially sent someone to Liaodong to hunt three white tigers, and made a coat and a snow fox scarf for the Queen Mother with two tiger skins, hoping that the Queen Mother will ...... in winter."

"Lao Qi has a heart!"

Empress Liu looked at her son below, nodded with satisfaction, and the emperor next to her was also very satisfied, although the gift of the seventh child was not as precious as the second child, but this filial piety was very rare, and now I don't know what gift the prince is going to give.

In the palace, Yu Zhiqian is scolding, the palace designed by his special mother is full of stairs, and he must be very careful when carrying the glass, for fear that if he falls down without paying attention, the glass will be brittle.

"Be careful, be careful, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, it's still early, you pay attention, there are stones here, don't step on it!"

Yu Zhiqian looked at the guards carrying the gifts, and kept reminding him that he didn't think the road was so difficult to walk before, but today Yu Zhiqian couldn't wait to drive a roller over and press the road here very smoothly.

Many ministers around saw Yu Zhiqian's sweaty command, and they all looked over curiously, only to see the guards next to the prince carrying a wooden box, and they couldn't see what was inside.

In the main hall, most of the ministers have arrived, the prince and the princess have also arrived, and Yu Zhiqian is alone, not only the emperor is vaguely anxious, but the queen is also a little anxious, and Yu Tai is still holding his neck like a proud rooster!

"Why hasn't the prince arrived yet?"

After waiting for a few more minutes, the emperor couldn't help but ask slowly, seeing that the time was about to come.

"Your Majesty, the prince has already entered the palace, but the gift is too expensive, the prince is staring, it must be there soon!"

"Oh, how valuable?"

Wu Sangui thought about what the prince said when he was urging Yu Zhiqian: "Back to Your Majesty, the prince said that this gift is unique in the entire Tang Dynasty, and it was specially designed by him for the queen's birthday, which is extremely precious!" ”

"Oh? Is it? ”

"That's what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said!"

The emperor's curiosity was suddenly dropped, and Yu Tai snorted coldly in his heart, his eldest brother, he didn't know what he was going to do, and he was the only one in the world, and he didn't dare to say that he was the only one in the world with such a precious blood coral, could he still conjure something out of thin air?

"Your Majesty, the crown prince has arrived!"

The emperor raised his head and looked forward, and many ministers also stretched out their heads to look outside the hall, only to see Yu Zhiqian walking backwards towards the hall, and several guards were carrying something and walking towards the main hall.

"Reverse ......"

The emperor was just about to speak, but considering that today was the queen's birthday, he didn't speak, but looked at Yu Zhiqian, wanting to know what kind of medicine was sold in this rebel gourd.

I saw Yu Zhiqian breathe a sigh of relief after watching the guards carry the wooden box up, and his heart relaxed slightly, and he was fine all the way, and arrived safely.

Turning his head to look at the Longevity Palace, he saw that his cheap father, mother, a group of nobles, ministers and others were all staring at him.

I couldn't help but touch my face, didn't wipe off the rice grains I ate in the morning? Or are there flowers?

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Sogou